Cops with dogs stormed the home of NFL star Aaron Hernandez yesterday — searching for clues to the murder of a friend found half a mile from the house.

Police arrived at the New England Patriot’s suburban mansion in North Attleborough, Mass., with paperwork, pry bars and crime-analysis equipment at around 2 p.m. yesterday, ESPN Boston reported.

A locksmith later arrived — but stayed only briefly — and Hernandez did not emerge from the house.

The search comes one day after law-enforcement officials said they had issued a yet-to-be served arrest warrant for Hernandez, who is being investigated for destroying evidence linked to the murder of Odin Lloyd, 27.

Investigators say the hulking tight end intentionally smashed his own cellphone, scrubbed his house and trashed his home-security tapes after Lloyd was discovered dead.

On Friday, the murder case also led cops to a strip club in Providence, RI, where the owner claimed to have no clue what officers were looking for.

Gerard DiSanto, owner of Club Desire, told the Boston Herald he wasn’t even sure if Hernandez had ever been a customer.

“I’m not there every day,” he said.

But nearby club owners claimed Hernandez and other players sometimes partied at nearby strip joints.

“A bunch would come in and Hernandez was a regular for a while,” said Richard Shappy, owner of Providence’s Cadillac Lounge. “I know [Tom] Brady never comes . . . but five, six of them would come in.”

Hernandez’s lawyer, Michael Fee, escorted the football star to his home on Friday — but it’s unclear if he was home when cops searched the house yesterday.

Three warrants have so far been issued in connection to the murder.

Lloyd was found fatally shot on Monday night at an industrial park a mere half-mile from Hernandez’s home.